September Property Sales Reached The Highest in 17 Years!

The total ACTIVE lisitngs count came in at 3.419 properties
available for sale by the end of September, down 28 per cent from the
4.754 properties available in the same month a year ago. (number of
properties sold NOT prices)

Victoria Real Estate Board President, Chris Markham, noted that the
market has clearly recovered and now appears to be very stable, "The
last seven months have shown a steady improvememt in sales and price
stabiiity. It's very encouraging when we look back over the past
several years and see sales now exceeding typical levels for this time
of the year."

The average price for single family homes sold in Greater Victoria last month was $619,936,
up from $596,498 in August. Markham noted that the average price was
affected by 24 sales of over $1 million. These included four in Oak
Bay, one in Victoria, nine in Saanich East, one in Saanich West, five
in North Saanich, one in Sidney, Colwood, Metchosin and Guilf Islands.

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